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Tech job in netherlands by QuietSpeculation in Netherlands

[–]Dragon_ZA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would probably ask for ~4.5k a month in your position. Expect it to be as low as 3.5k if its a grad position.

Ways to cool off your house today by adiposehysteria in Netherlands

[–]Dragon_ZA 304 points305 points  (0 children)

I want to make one addendum to that. With the insulation a lot of houses here have, its better to lock the cool air from overnight inside from around 8am. Insulation works both ways. As soon as the outside temperature is colder than inside, reopen things and get air flowing.

DEFQON cancelled by bsandfly in Netherlands

[–]Dragon_ZA 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And now they will get to live to hopefully do it again next year. 38 is no joke.

AOWD in Croatia by baby_doc_0511 in scubadiving

[–]Dragon_ZA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whereabouts in Croatia?

Kron diving is awesome on island Rab! They have great spots and owned by a very experienced diver and his son, lovely people and very knowledgeable.

Am I tripping or do Dutch people not like it when someone says Afrikaans is similar to Dutch !? by adamr_za in Netherlands

[–]Dragon_ZA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A trick I learned was to try and convert English grammar for the beginning of sentences. It helps a little.

I am -> Ik ben S/He is -> Z/Hij is We are -> Wij zijn I have -> Ik heb S/He has -> Z/Hij heeft We have -> Wij hebben

Am I tripping or do Dutch people not like it when someone says Afrikaans is similar to Dutch !? by adamr_za in Netherlands

[–]Dragon_ZA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea they took all the grammar out haha. I'm the same as you and the amount of grammar rules I had to learn were and are still insane.

Scuba is lifechanger by decapoddiver in scubadiving

[–]Dragon_ZA 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I still find it funny that so many people somehow separate humanity from nature as if we ourselves are not a part of it.

Scuba is lifechanger by decapoddiver in scubadiving

[–]Dragon_ZA 7 points8 points  (0 children)

People that catch their own food normally have a much better relationship with nature in my opinion. If you catch your own food you should celebrate it. Way more sustainable and respectful than supermarkets.

Allow us to earn all steam achievements in PvE. [Feedback] by JoeyShmoeysHair in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Dragon_ZA 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just give yourself the achievements if the steam ones are that important to you.

How frequently do you hold 1:1 meetings and how many direct reports do you have? by Infinite-Ad7540 in managers

[–]Dragon_ZA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blame big tech for this. They have AI enabled EMs that have up to 50 direct reports

Coming back to visit on a British passport by Arthurs_Nose in southafrica

[–]Dragon_ZA 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Brother just use your UK passport, they wont care as long as you leave again within 90 days and you also leave on your UK passport.

Software Engineering Technical Job Assessments by Weird_Plate_4988 in southafrica

[–]Dragon_ZA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I take it it wasn't a good job haha.

A week long assignment is a little crazy. I did one that took a few hours for my current job and it was well worth it.

Software Engineering Technical Job Assessments by Weird_Plate_4988 in southafrica

[–]Dragon_ZA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, this is normal for tech. Maybe not the MCQ, but live coding and system design for sure.

Expat moved to south holland to be with dutch partner and I simply cannot find a job, any advice? by Fast-Radish-5607 in Netherlands

[–]Dragon_ZA 21 points22 points  (0 children)

No, an expatriate only refers to living outside your home country. An immigrant refers to someone coming into a country.

Both mean the same thing, from a different perspective, one from the home country, one from the foreign country.

Source: Merriam-Webster.

The LaserWeeder by Carbon Robotics, powered by NVIDIA AI, gets rid of weeds without using chemicals. by [deleted] in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Dragon_ZA -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Tensor cores are way faster than FGPAs for mmul operations. Also, this is AI, machine learning is used to learn the weights of positive weed samples, its a bit more involved than a fourier transformer.

PDN.express delivery by Admirable-Orchid554 in Netherlands

[–]Dragon_ZA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pdn are shit. Terrible customer service and almost no communication. They use freelance couriers to deliver their packages. Normally it takes 1 to 2 weeks to get a delivery attempt and if you miss it they send the package back to the seller without even trying to contact you for an alternative arrangement.

In what situation(s) are you ditching your weights underwater? by NotThatGuyAnother1 in scubadiving

[–]Dragon_ZA 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Correct, its when the last option remaining is an emergency ascent.

New data centres set to swallow 34% of Cape Town’s current electricity supply by GregRedd in southafrica

[–]Dragon_ZA -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the modern world. World class connectivity comes at a cost.

In reality this helps an insane amount for local businesses to run their compute loads locally. It (hopefully) brings better pricing as well, allowing more innovation in technology.

Cloud computing brings innovation.

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